> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Tony Leake wrote:
>
> >> Anyone interested in writing a standalone C/python/perl/php/tcl ECI
> >> implementation? Part of the job should be quite straightforward, but
> > I'll have a go at writing the php implementation as I really like this idea.
> [...]
> > Are you looking for these to be built before you work on the new ecasound
> > code to get ideas for the return values parsing, and doing the forking from
> > within php/perl/etc?
>
> Actually the required changes are not that big, so I'd like to do them
> quite soon. I've already written some code for a standalone C
> implementation. Simultanous work on other implementations would help
> in verifying the design.
>
> One of the best alternatives I've come up with so far is reusing the
> NetECI protocol wire format:
>
> ---
> [1. int-output-eci]
>
> There would be a new ecasound command for enabling
> a parser-friendly output mode (for instance 'int-output-eci').

How about simple-output-eci, or something? I find int-output-eci a bit cryptic. :)